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Anna Banerji

Associate Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

• COVID-19 - Heart inflammation in youth
• COVID-19 - Helped with SARS as an infection disease specialist
• COVID-19 - Infection & vaccination rates in children
• Health of Syrian refugees
• Health policy
• Indigenous health
• International health
• Inuit health
• Mitigating health risks after natural disasters
• Potential for viral infections & water-borne diseases
• Refugee health
• Tropical medicine / infectious disease
• Why is there a spike in refugees needing assistance

Office: 416-978-8319
Email: anna.banerji@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Elizabeth Dhuey

Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Management (UTSC)
  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Centres
  • Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources

Areas of Expertise

• Economics of K-12 education
• Kindergarten
• Middle/Junior High School
• Principals
• Redshirting
• Special Education Finance

Office: 416-208-2687
Email: elizabeth.dhuey@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Lauren Bialystok

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Department
  • Social Justice Education

Areas of Expertise

• Ethical controversies in education
• Gender and sexual diversity
• Liberalism and democracy in education

Office: 416-978-0412
Mobile: 416-722-2590
Languages (in addition to English): French
Email: lauren.bialystok@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Steve Joordens

Professor of Psychology at U of T Scarborough

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Psychology

Areas of Expertise

• Anxiety; Social pressure; Managing boundaries
• Attention
• Connecting psychology to world events
• Consciousness
• Family and interpersonal relationships
• How epidemics affect those with anxiety
• How physical distancing will forever change the ways we interact
• Memory
• Mental well-being
• Trauma

Office: (416) 287-7469
Email: steve.joordens@utoronto.ca
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Todd Cunningham

Chair of the School and Clinical Child Psychology Program

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Department
  • Applied Psychology and Human Development (APHD)

Areas of Expertise

• Assistive technology
• Learning disabilities
• Literacy development
• Mental health of youth and adolescents
• Readjusting to in-person environment
• Remote-learning option
• School psychology
• Students’ mental health
• Support for students with disabilities

Office: N/A
Mobile: (416)-970-3433
Website
Email: todd.cunningham@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone, Email, Text
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online